GAMBIA VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,718	3	1,007	+ 13,711
Stroke	2	5,418	4	802	+ 4,616
Lung Cancers	3	1,276	38	34	+ 1,242
Hypertension	4	1,238	22	172	+ 1,066
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,031	52	11	+ 1,020
Suicide	6	693	25	113	+ 580
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	628	1	1,340	- 712
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	623	28	89	+ 534
Liver Disease	9	618	14	323	+ 294
Stomach Cancer	10	614	47	14	+ 600
Breast Cancer	11	604	40	26	+ 578
Prostate Cancer	12	574	43	21	+ 553
Pancreas Cancer	13	555	53	6	+ 549
Diabetes Mellitus	14	504	15	290	+ 214
Falls	15	497	29	83	+ 414
Lung Disease	16	492	19	206	+ 287
Inflammatory/Heart	17	465	32	59	+ 405
Other Injuries	18	399	21	194	+ 205
Kidney Disease	19	357	16	266	+ 91
Oral Cancer	20	324	71	0	+ 324
Lymphomas	21	309	51	12	+ 297
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	300	33	56	+ 244
Bladder Cancer	23	281	56	4	+ 276
Leukemia	24	272	59	2	+ 270
Liver Cancer	25	229	12	377	- 148
Ovary Cancer	26	224	61	2	+ 222
Road Traffic Accidents	27	216	6	695	- 480
Cervical Cancer	28	215	23	145	+ 71
Parkinson's Disease	29	213	37	34	+ 179
Oesophagus Cancer	30	210	54	5	+ 205
Other Neoplasms	31	203	57	3	+ 201
Skin Cancers	32	189	68	0	+ 188
Alcohol	33	184	50	12	+ 172
Uterin Cancer	34	153	66	1	+ 152
Drownings	35	144	30	69	+ 75
Violence	36	126	20	195	- 69
Drug Use	37	117	39	28	+ 90
Tuberculosis	38	114	10	445	- 331
Endocrine Disorders	39	69	17	230	- 161
Epilepsy	40	60	35	43	+ 17
Congenital Anomalies	41	59	11	383	- 324
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	57	9	626	- 569
Fires	43	49	31	67	- 17
Skin Disease	44	46	44	19	+ 27
Poisonings	45	44	36	42	+ 2
Asthma	46	44	24	134	- 90
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	39	62	2	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	28	41	24	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	49	28	58	3	+ 25
Hepatitis C	50	22	65	1	+ 21
HIV/AIDS	51	21	2	1,125	- 1,103
Meningitis	52	19	18	229	- 210
Birth Trauma	53	10	5	754	- 744
Appendicitis	54	9	55	5	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	55	8	8	662	- 653
Schizophrenia	56	8	85	0	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	8	80	0	+ 8
Malnutrition	58	7	26	110	- 103
Osteoarthritis	59	6	81	0	+ 6
Anemia	60	5	83	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	61	5	46	14	- 9
Tetanus	62	2	45	18	- 16
Maternal Conditions	63	2	13	345	- 343
Oral conditions	64	2	82	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	65	2	48	14	- 12
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	2	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	27	99	- 99
Syphilis	70	0	34	55	- 55
Chlamydia	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	63	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	7	674	- 674
Diphtheria	82	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	49	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Lithuania

Gambia

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.